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College Counseling
Looking Beyond Dalton
Dalton is an academically rigorous, progressive educational environment that offers a vibrant dynamic, and caring atmosphere in which to learn. Dalton cultivates students who value the acquisition of knowledge, the beauty of the disciplines, and the responsibility to employ the liberal arts education in service not only to the self but also to the greater society. The successful Dalton graduate values respect, integrity, compassion, and justice, understanding these as vital to the school’s mission of fostering community responsibility, combating prejudice, and participating in a democratic society and global community.
The Dalton College Counseling Office employs a team approach in supporting each student's college planning and admissions process, involving parents, House Advisors, and faculty. We take a student-centered, data-driven approach to guiding families through the college process. At Dalton, the process is highly individualized, and we pool our collective experience and expertise to offer students empathetic and strategic college advising. We emphasize fit when helping students explore potential college options. Our office has developed an extensive suite of programming accessible to all high school students and their families as they embark on this process, collaborating with college admissions officers and industry-leading professionals.
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What to Expect
List of 3 items.
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Freshman & Sophomore Year
In ninth grade, students explore their academic and extracurricular interests. All student engage in a broad foundational curriculum and explore their burgeoning interests through elective courses. The College Office hosts college counseling presentations for families, introducing a general outline of the college process, while also emphasizing making the most of High School. In tenth grade, students continue to engage in the rigorous, interdisciplinary core curriculum as they continue to hone their interests. Sophomores explore the role of standardized testing in the college process and begin to develop a testing plan by taking the PSAT (fall), and eventually the mock ACT and SAT (spring). -
Junior Year
Juniors meet with an assigned counselor who works with students one-on-one throughout the college process, from exploration and initial planning through application and decision. Following an initial conference with their child's counselor early in the second semester, parents may arrange additional meetings with the counselor throughout the college planning and application process. During the course of the cycle, other evening programs are offered to students and parents, including a special presentation on financial aid and a major spring college fair.In addition to individual college counseling and conferences with both students and parents, juniors take a weekly college counseling class, beginning the second semester of eleventh grade. After students complete a thorough self-assessment and sample college application, individual and group meetings introduce them to topics such as essay writing, campus visits, applications, financial aid, and early admissions programs. Together, the student and counselor will develop a broad list of colleges to consider by the end of junior year and narrow the list down by early fall of senior year. -
Senior Year
In twelfth grade, students work closely with their counselor to finalize college lists with a focus on fit. The students meet bi-weekly with their counselor to prepare college application materials. Throughout this process, counselors use Dalton-specific application data to help students make strategic choices. Concurrently, the college counseling course continues through the fall of senior year. Over 100 college admissions representatives visit each fall to meet with Dalton students during the school day. Once students receive admissions decisions, their college counselors help them navigate their options, including understanding their financial aid options.
Matriculation 2019-2024
- American University - 1
- Amherst College - 5
- Babson College - 1
- Barnard College - 2
- Bennington College - 1
- Berklee College of Music - 1
- Binghamton University - 2
- Boston College - 6
- Boston University - 6
- Bowdoin College - 9
- Brown University - 28
- Bucknell University - 2
- Carleton College - 3
- Carnegie Mellon University - 5
- Case Western Reserve University - 2
- Chapman University - 1
- Clark University - 1
- Colby College - 1
- Colgate University - 1
- Colorado College - 4
- Columbia University - 14
- Cornell University - 36
- Dartmouth College - 7
- Davidson College - 1
- Dickinson College - 1
- Drexel University - 1
- Duke University - 10
- Elon University - 1
- Emerson College - 1
- Emory University - 15
- Georgetown University - 10
- Georgia Institute of Technology - 1
- Grinnell College - 1
- Hamilton College - 5
- Harvard University - 37
- Harvey Mudd College - 1
- Haverford College - 4
- Howard University - 1
- Johns Hopkins University - 4
- Kenyon College - 4
- Loyola Marymount University - 2
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 2
- McGill University - 3
- Miami University, Oxford - 1
- Middlebury College - 5
- Muhlenberg College - 1
- New York University - 10
- Northeastern University - 5
- Northwestern University - 22
- Oberlin College - 4
- Parsons School of Design - 1
- Pitzer College - 1
- Pomona College - 3
- Pratt Institute - 2
- Princeton University - 16
- Purdue University - 1
- Rhode Island School of Design - 2
- Rice University - 1
- Rochester Institute of Technology - 2
- Savannah College of Art & Design - 1
- Scripps College - 2
- Skidmore College - 4
- Smith College - 1
- Spelman College - 1
- St. John’s College - 1
- Stanford University - 9
- Swarthmore College - 4
- Syracuse University - 7
- The American University of Paris - 1
- The New School - 2
- The University of Texas at Austin - 1
- Trinity College - 1
- Trinity College Dublin - 1
- Tufts University - 12
- Tulane University - 6
- University of California, Berkeley - 1
- University of California, Davis - 1
- University of California, Los Angeles - 2
- University of Chicago - 26
- University of Colorado Boulder - 4
- University of Miami - 2
- University of Michigan - 10
- University of Notre Dame - 3
- University of Pennsylvania - 13
- University of Pittsburgh - 1
- University of Richmond - 1
- University of Southern California - 3
- University of St Andrews - 4
- University of Toronto - 1
- University of Vermont - 1
- University of Virginia - 1
- University of Wisconsin, Madison - 5
- Vanderbilt University - 3
- Vassar College - 2
- Virginia Tech - 1
- Wake Forest University - 4
- Washington University in St. Louis - 11
- Wesleyan University - 16
- Williams College - 10
- Yale University - 22
Meet the Team
List of 6 members.
Department Information
Phone (212) 423-5523 | Fax (212) 423-5537
collegecounseling@dalton.org
collegecounseling@dalton.org
CEEB Code 333580
Transcript Requests
To request a transcript, please log in to the Dalton website.Scheduling College Representative Visits to Dalton
Please visit MaiaLearning to create a user profile and access Dalton's school visit calendar.
If you have further questions or cannot find a time slot that works for you, please feel free to email collegecounseling@dalton.org.
If you have further questions or cannot find a time slot that works for you, please feel free to email collegecounseling@dalton.org.
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